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Benjamin Cunningham is a journalist, writer and PhD candidate at the Universitat de Barcelona. His book “The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Last Honest Man of the Cold War” was nominated for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
Benjamin began as a daily newspaper reporter in Michigan before moving to Europe in 2006. He has since resided in Amsterdam, Prague and, now, Barcelona. Benjamin has reported from more than 40 countries, contributing to major international media like The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Le Monde Diplomatique, The Los Angeles Review of Books, TIME magazine, Haaretz, SME, The Detroit Free Press, Al Jazeera, The Aspen Review and The Christian Science Monitor. He was a correspondent for The Economist for nearly a decade and prior to that worked as editor-in-chief of The Prague Post.
He lives near Barcelona with his wife and daughter. In his free time he practices Muay Thai and endurance sports.